No stipulation or agreement with respect to any matter in a complaint shall be effective unless it has been:
(1) reduced to writing and signed by each person making the stipulation or agreement, or by that person’s authorized representative, and filed with the commission; or
(2) entered into the record during the course of a hearing.
1 Texas Administrative Code § 12.12 – File Date for a Complaint The file date for a complaint is the date the complaint is received by the commission. See also
1 Texas Administrative Code § 12.11 – Deadline for Filing a Complaint (a) The commission has no jurisdiction over an alleged violation:(1) if the alleged violation is also a
1 Texas Administrative Code § 12.3 – Ex Parte Communications Neither commission enforcement staff nor respondents may communicate with commissioners or the general counsel outside the presence of the
1 Texas Administrative Code § 12.2 – Representation by Counsel (a) A respondent has the right to be represented by counsel retained by the respondent in any proceeding of
